2020 Annual Conference

Our intention is that the conference will be a face-to-face conference within any government guidelines in place at the time of the event. However, if guidance means that a face-to-face conference is not viable, the RES are developing contingency plans which will be communicated at the earliest opportunity.

We will continue to monitor the situation and provide further guidance as information becomes available. 

The Royal Economic Society has reluctantly cancelled the 2020 Annual Conference.

All paying delegates will be contacted outlining the refund options. Please wait to receive this email before contacting RES.

Further information can be found on the PhD Financial Assistance page.

The RES’s Professional Development Sessions aim to help economists and others (junior or senior) build their knowledge in particular topical areas. The sessions are held by leading academics who have extensive experience in the session topics. Sessions will focus on content to help improve teaching or research and are designed to deliver practical take-aways. 

Check back here for full details once Registration opens in Early 2021. 

RES Presents 2020 was in partnership with the Irish Economic Association and Queen’s University Belfast. It is with regreat that we are cancelling the event due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The event was due to take place on Monday 6 April from 18:30 to 19:30. More details here.

RES Presents is the Royal Economic Society's series of early evening talks on topical issues open to the public. It offers the opportunity to engage in an in-depth informative discussion and provides a platform to show how economics can provide insight into public policy.

The RES will provide details of any hotels with specially negotated rates when Registration opens in early 2021.  

Full details on how to travel to and from the Annual Conference can be found on the Queen's University Belfast website.

By air

Belfast is served by two airports: George Best Belfast City Airport and Belfast International Airport which are both linked to the city by regular bus services. Dublin International Airport is located approximately 100 miles to the south. More information on the Queen's University Belfast website.

By boat

Fast ferry services including Stena Line and P&O Ferries make multiple daily crossings from Northern Ireland to ports in Scotland and England. The two main Belfast routes are from Liverpool and Cairnryan, both provided by Stena Line. An alternative route runs from Holyhead to Dublin, with excellent motorway connections between there and Belfast. More information on the Queen's University Belfast website.

By public transport

Queen’s is a five minute walk from Botanic Train Station on the Bangor, Larne, Newry and Derry~Londonderry lines. A connection to Dublin is just one stop away, via Belfast Central Station. Coach and bus services arrive at Great Victoria Street, which is also connected by rail (or alternatively is a ten-minute walk). More information on the Queen's University Belfast website.

By car

Queen’s is located in south central Belfast and as such is close to the both Northern Ireland’s main motorways, connecting it easily with the rest of Ireland. More information on the Queen's University Belfast website.

The call for papers for our RES 2021 Annual Conference is now open.

Submissions of papers and Special Sessions (see separate dropdown) are invited for the next Conference which is taking place on 12-14 April 2021 at Queen’s University Belfast.

Papers for the General Sessions are welcome from academic, government and business economists from any field in economics and econometrics. Submissions must be made through Conference Maker by 23.59 GMT Thursday 29 October 2020.

Please visit the Special Sessions page for information.

By submitting a paper to the RES Annual Conference you consent to the RES securely holding details of your submission to the conference for a period of no longer than 24 months for the purposes of analysing submissions. You understand submission details will only be passed to members of the Programme Committee for the purposes of processing the submissions for acceptance onto the RES Annual Conference.

As this is an open scientific conference, all accepted papers will be available in the public domain by default. You will however, be able to update your submission with a more recent version of your paper for submission made through ConferenceMaker.

Any personal data which may be submitted as part of the submission and selection procedure, will be processed by RES in accordance with any applicable data protection legislation, and RES Privacy Notice. You can stop the processing of your data at any time by emailing programme@res.org.uk requesting that your submission be withdrawn.

The Royal Economic Society will be filming large parts of the Conference for wider dissemination. It is presumed that those attending the RES Conference have no objection to being included in footage of the Conference. Any attendee who explicitly wishes not to be included in any broadcast film should contact the RES organisers during the Conference. We will then seek to edit film footage accordingly.